RE: Growing your own programmers

Strange ... I went to Penn State ("WE ARE!") for Computer SCIENCE.

<g>

Peace,

-- Don Schenck
Then again ... it WAS Penn State. Perhaps at Pitt (excuse me, "Pittsburgh")
they consider it Computer Art <g>.



-----Original Message-----
From: DAsmussen@aol.com [mailto:DAsmussen@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 1:48 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Growing your own programmers


Dave,

In a message dated 6/18/99 7:29:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
david.kahn@gb.abb.com writes:

> >As I've stated here before, I believe programming to be an art
>  
>  No, Dean, it's a craft.

True, I misspoke.  My point was that some people have an aptitude for it,
but 
many more do not.  I've not had any trouble adapting to changing
technologies 
over the past 20 years, but am constantly amazed at the number of "green 
screeners" I come across that cannot even _boot_ a PC.  On the other hand, 
don't get _me_ near a table saw ;-)!  Some talents ya' got, some talents ya'

don't...

Cheers,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist -- the 
taxidermist leaves the hide." -- Mortimer Caplin
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